Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him a highly valued artist. But those values soared into a different dimension in 2006 when the New York-based cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder paid $135 million for the artist’s gold-drenched 1907 portrait
From the Piel Collection, this lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir led the auction at $18,750. Review by Z.G. Burnett; Images Courtesy of Capsule NEW YORK CITY — Capsule’s American and European Art sale on June 15 was a showcase of fine art from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, highlighting names that have endured in popular culture
Update, 6/27/23: Gustav Klimt’s “Lady with a Fan” sold for $108.4 million, breaking the record for the most expensive piece of art, and most expensive painting, ever sold in Europe. The last portrait Gustav Klimt ever painted, “Dame mit Fächer” (which translates to “Lady with a Fan”) will go up for auction by Sotheby’s at
Last updated: June 26, 2023 06:53 EDT | 6 min read For years, investing in art was something that was associated with the rich and wealthy. Today though, thanks to the emergence of NFTs, anyone with an internet connection and a web3 wallet can afford to buy art. Read on to learn what NFT art
One of the most influential figures in European modern culture never set foot in Europe. Katsushika Hokusai, like all subjects in self-isolated Edo Japan, could not have left the archipelago if he wanted to, and his publishers could not export his prints of Kabuki actors, flowers and Mount Fuji. But a few years after his
United States’ artist Andres Serrano arrives to meet reporters after being received by Pope Francis on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Contemporary Art section of the Vatican Museum, at the Vatican, Friday, June 23, 2023. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Pope Francis praised artists on Friday as true visionaries who can see,
The Harvard Art Museums are now free to all visitors. The museums’ announcement, released Friday, June 23, stated that the intentions are for this to be a permanent change. “It’s our invitation for people to come,” said Harvard Art Museums Director Martha Tedeschi. “There’s no right or wrong way for them to use this museum.
michael barbaro From the New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.” [music] Today, It started with a picture posted on the internet and ended in an extravagant cryptocurrency bidding war. [archived recording] Now to the latest trend that’s sweeping the internet, the skyrocketing prices for digital art sold as NFTs. NFT, and
Mr. Isen provided his perspective on art market transactions. “It’s different than selling a car,” he said, “’cause car has to have the registration, the title, and this and that and everything. … These are nothing. … These could have been, these could have been your grandmother’s. You follow me?” “So I can say, ‘hey,
New York attorney Daniel Kokhba was one of many investors in 2020 who bought a stake in Cecily Brown’s Girl Trouble, 1999, an 8-foot-tall painting of abstracted reds, oranges, and yellows where figures emerge within thick strokes of paint. Fractional values of Girl Trouble were available to investors at $20 a share, with a minimum